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To: D. Long who wrote (7533)5/9/1999 9:54:00 PM
From: Hawkmoon   of 17770
 
I am sure Nuke, or Ron if he reads this post, would be able to better testify to the enormous back operations required.

The US has always been noted for requiring 6-12 months ramp up and mobilization in order to fully bring the country's industrial capacity to bear. It was only in the post-WWII era that we opted to maintain a fairly large military. But even that didn't prevent our being caught with our pants down in Korea when Stalin gave the North the thumbs up to invade the south.

In an all-out war, the US would augment its air and sea lift capability by nationalizing the airlines and US shipping and that would certainly assist any response.

On thing that should not be overlooked is that when the US mobilized for Desert Storm most of the forces were already on a schedule to be withdrawn from European deployment. The Persian Gulf just became a temporary diversion. It is doubtful that even with the pre-positioned equipment depots at Diego Garcia and in Saudi Arabia, that we could reproduce such a quick and massive response.

Regards,

Ron
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